IUCN status: Critically Endangered
EPBC Predator Threat Rating: Very high
IUCN claim: “The population at Mt. Buller suffers from fragmentation and subpopulations here and around ski resorts in the Kosciuszko area have declined severely since 2000 due to: habitat destruction, predation by feral cats, and possibly low snow cover. ”
Possums were found in cat’s diet (Doherty et al. 2015).
No studies
There are no studies linking cats to pygmy possum populations.
Evidence linking Burramys parvus to cats. Systematic review of evidence for an association between Burramys parvus and cats. Positive studies are in support of the hypothesis that cats contribute to the decline of Burramys parvus, negative studies are not in support. Predation studies include studies documenting hunting or scavenging; baiting studies are associations between poison baiting and threatened mammal abundance where information on predator abundance is not provided; population studies are associations between threatened mammal and predator abundance.
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions. Conservation Biology
EPBC. (2015) Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by Feral Cats. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Department of Environment, Government of Australia. (Table A1).
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023